Abeka 8th Grade History Test 9 (Exam)
Who built the largest steel company in the world?
Andrew Carnegie
What country left World War I after signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
Russia
What amendment gave Congress the power to tax personal incomes?
Sixteenth
Who promoted a Square Deal?
Theodore Roosevelt
Who is remembered for the Teapot Dome scandal?
Warren G. Harding
Who promoted dollar diplomacy?
William H. Taft
Who proposed the New Deal program?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was the baseball's first great home run hitter?
Babe Ruth
Who invented the first successful incandescent light bulb?
Thomas Edison
Who served two nonconsecutive terms
Grover Cleveland
The first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean was who?
Charles Lindbergh
Who passed the Pendelton Civil Service Act?
Chester Arthur
A fire in 1871 destroyed the city of _______________________
Chicago
What idea promotes a utopian classless society where government is unnecssarily?
Communism
What president was referred to as the Great Humanitarian?
Herbert Hoover
What did President Hoover believe was the best way to help those in need during the great depression?
He believed that families, churches, charities and neighbors should help those in need.
The law which required all men from twenty-one to thirty years old to register with a draft board was what?
Selective Service Act
The lawyer that won the Scopes Trial was who?
William Jennings Bryan
who proposed the league of Nations?
Woodrow Wilson
Put these in the order they occurred: Spanish-American War World's Fair Bolshevik Revolution opening of Panama Canal Wright brother's first successful powered flight
World's Fair Spanish-American War Wright brother's first successful flight opening of Panama Canal Bolshevik Revolution
What are the profits that are earned on stocks?
dividends
President McKinley favored what as the standard to back US currency?
gold
A company that has complete control over a market is called a(n)
monopoly
Who investigated Communist activities in America?
J. Edgar Hoover
Where was the treaty that ended World War I signed?
Versailles
The NAACP was founded by
W. E. B. Du Bois
The Populist Party promoted the free coinage of what?
silver
The practice of buying risky investments for the chance of making a quick profit is known as
speculation
What name was given to the countries that sided with Germany in World War I?
Central Powers
Who is the author of Wealth of Nations?
Adam Smith
What terrorist organization was dedicated to worldwide Communist revolution?
Third Communist International
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
The greatest American war hero from World War I was
Alvin York
What government project built roads, bridges, public buildings and other structures?
Works Progress Administration
The first state to grant full political privileges to women was
Wyoming
The amendment that banned the sale of alcohol was which one?
18th
When did World War I begin?
1914
When did the Great Depression begin?
1929
Whose assassination led to the beginning of World War I?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The famous baseball player who became an evangelist was who?
Billy Sunday
Who gave the Atlanta Compromise speech?
Booker T. Washington
Which state earned the title Centennial State?
Colorado
The first transcontinental railroad was completed where?
Promontory Summit, Utah
Which major shortcoming of the Kellogg-Briand Pact led to its eventual failure to prevent future wars?
It ignored man's sin nature
Who formed the Standard Oil Company of Ohio in 1869?
John D. Rockefeller
Who led the American Expeditionary Force in World War I?
John J. Pershing
Who organized the Committee for Industrial Organizations
John L. Lewis
The Socialist economist in Great Britain who influenced the "brain trust" was who?
John Maynard Keynes
Who wrote the Grapes of Wrath?
John Steinbeck
An inexpensive method for turning iron ore into steel was developed by who?
Sir Henry Bessemer
What act created a government fund for unemployment and old-age insurance?
Social Security Act
Why was the Age of Industry also called the Gilded Age?
The growth of industry also led to the growth of political and social corruption
The first successful national labor union was organized by who?
Samuel Gompers
What government project brought hydroelectric power to the mid-South?
Tennessee Valley Authority
What is a rapid increase of prices due to an increase in the amount of money in circulation called?
inflation
Where was the first battle of the Spanish-American War fought?
the Philippines
Who lectured against evolution in colleges and universities
Harry Rimmer
How did the automobile change American lives?
Automobiles ended the isolation of farms and small towns.
What nation was promised American land in return for helping Germany in World War I?
Mexico
What act further opened the Great Plains for settlement?
Homestead Act
All member bank accounts were insured for up to $5,000 through what?
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
